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Human Resources (1999)
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Original name: Ressources humaines
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in Limoges, the movie tells the story of "good son" Franck (Jalil Lespert), who returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 23 years.
Style:
melancholic, sincere, emotional, touching, political, psychological, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy ...
Plot:
working class, betrayal, intern, father son relationship, politics, unemployment, social differences, workplace situations, life is a bitch, family drama, worker, labor union, workplace, segregation, anarchist, labor, factory, sacrifice, anarchism, strike, drinking, working conditions, economics, skyscraper, anarchy ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 18th century
Place:
france, normandy, europe, paris france, korea, japan, tokyo ...
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Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 99 min.
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Philippe Seigner starts his career in business consulting at the posh Paris seat of McGregor. His first serious task is delicate: An audit at a factory, which is about to be taken over. As he soon realizes, this will mean sacking about 80 employees. ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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